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vated ; and by the nuchal feathers being variegated with white. 

 But these are differences which may belong to the young bird, 

 and be lost in the adult. In such cases we can determine 

 nothing from the mere skins. '! hese points must be investi- 

 gated on the 'spot. We must however observe, that the bird 

 which we at present refer to, came from a different locality to 

 that of Irop. corniculatus; having been procured by Mr. Brown 

 on the North coast in February 1803, while Mr. Caley's spe- 

 cimens of the other birds were obtained in the neiohbourhood 

 of Paramatta. 



Mr. Caley also observes in his Notes upon Ti-op. corniculatus, 

 that he " never shot a specimen of the species which had white 

 on the head, as figured in White's Journal." 



3. Cyanotis. Trop, supra olivaceo-viridis, capite nuchâque atris, 

 Jugulo pectoreque grisescenti-atris, linea suboculari a rictu 

 extendente, torque occipitali, corpore subtus, rectricumque 

 apicibus albis. 



Gracula cyanotis. Lath. Ltd. Orn. Supp. p. xxix. no. 5. 



Blue-cheeked Honey-Sucker. Lewin, Birds of Neze lioll. pi. 4. 



Graculine Honey-Eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 166. no. 11. 



" This bird," says Mr. Caley, " is called Bati'kin by the na- 

 tives. — Whether it is migratory or not it would be hazardous 

 for me to say ; as I have only seen it occasionally, although in 

 different places. — I once observed several of them frequenting a 

 tree, where they were busy in obtaining something that appeared 

 to have exuded from a wounded part. I do not know what the 

 substance could be, otherwise than a kind of gum of a bitter and 

 astringent taste. 



Genus. 



